Teachers Offering Healthy Escape Options for Teenagers in Pain

"[T]wenty-five percent of today's teenagers have inordinate emotional baggage beyond the normal angst of adolescence." This burden can lead to unhealthy escapes, including substance abuse, sexual activity, violence, eating disorders, and suicide. One healthy escape, however, lies in b...

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Published in:Voices from the middle 2005-05, Vol.12 (4), p.31-36
Main Author: Kaywell, Joan F
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent Attitudes
Adolescent Literature
Adolescents
Anderson, Laurie Halse
At Risk Students
Awards
Child Abuse
Child Neglect
Communicable Diseases
Death
Early Adolescents
Eating Disorders
Educational Experience
Emotional Problems
Family Counseling
Fiction
Fogelin, Adrian
Health Behavior
Health Promotion
High Stakes Tests
Language Arts
Mothers
Music
Novels
Pain
Paulsen, Gary
Pregnancy
Reading Materials
Resistance (Psychology)
School Counselors
Service Learning
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Summary:"[T]wenty-five percent of today's teenagers have inordinate emotional baggage beyond the normal angst of adolescence." This burden can lead to unhealthy escapes, including substance abuse, sexual activity, violence, eating disorders, and suicide. One healthy escape, however, lies in books, where students can read about teenagers living in painful circumstances who make healthy choices. Kaywell provides an annotated list of books categorized by the healthy alternatives they represent.
ISSN:1074-4762
1943-3069
DOI:10.58680/vm20054726